The sci-fi comedy Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same was a film that was a lot more fun than the unusual premise suggested. Now the director and some of the stars of that film are back with The Foxy Merkins, a very different film but one which shares the earlier movie’s ability to find comedy in places you might not expect.
The movie screened at Sundance and this weekend was seen at the Newfest New York LGBT film festival – and hopefully it’ll reach a wider audience soon.
Here’s the synopsis: ‘In this raucous buddy comedy, a young women’s studies major embarks on a dubious career as a lesbian prostitute for fancy upper-class Manhattan ladies under the tutelage of a socialite/pimp.’
Lesbians becoming prostitutes doesn’t sound like promising ground for raucous comedy, but The Foxy Merkins attempts to constantly find humour by taking on issues such as sex work and homelessness and exploring them in an unexpected way. Take a look at the trailer below. [Read more…]
It often seems that capitalism has no time for history, and that’s the case for the bar profiled in We Came to Sweat. Founded in 1962, The Starlite was Brooklyn’s oldest black owned and operated gay bar. Over the decades it had been a refuge for people of colour who didn’t just face prejudice because of their sexuality, but also from other gay people because of their race.
One of the things I think can be most beneficial about LGBT cinema is giving us an insight into gay life in other parts of the world. However there are some places where making films about gay people isn’t just difficult is could be life threatening – that includes Iran.
Mad Max Fury Road is finally set to arrive in cinemas May 2015 after a ridiculously long time in development and almost three years after it was actually filmed. To help get the excitement building the film has made it presence felt at Comic Con, and that includes releasing the rather cool posters you can see above and below.
When Legendary Pictures had their shingle at Warner Brothers, they got involved in all manner of the studios properties, such as Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight movies. Now they’ve moved to Universal and are looking into that studio’s back catalogue. Perhaps unsurprisingly they have come up with King Kong.
Horns certainly shows a different side of Daniel Radcliffe – although you have to wait until the very end to properly see what’s really changed about him for this role, as he literally has horns growing out of his forehead.
Ever since it was announced, Tusk sounded like a strange film, and the trailer does nothing to disabuse us of that idea.
Various names have been rumoured for the title role in Marvel’s Doctor Strange, such as Benedict Cumberbatch. However the man who’s likely to take the job has slightly come out of left field, as 
After his last minute departure from Ant-Man, Edgar Wright has had to look around for other things to do. It’s already been revealed that he plans to shoot one of his long-gestating projects next, the action crime flick Baby Driver, and now he’s signed on for a new one.
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At Comic Con today Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck and Gal Gadot took to the Hall H to a rapturous reception in order to talk about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
You can always rely on the Naked Rowers to sexily titillate while raising money for a good cause. The University Of Warwick Men’s Rowing Team has come a long way since they decided to strip down for a calendar a few years ago in the hope of raising a few hundred pounds.